FDSFCRTU - Food Safety

Undergraduate Certificate

College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences

Undergraduate

To best protect our food supply, Food Safety experts are needed wherever our food is grown, processed, stored, or sold. Past and current food safety outbreaks highlight the need for professionals at every level in the food chain along the farm-to-fork continuum to help create, contribute to, and maintain a culture of food safety in their organization. The courses in the Food Safety Certificate will equip students and professionals with the knowledge, expertise, and critical thinking abilities to help keep our food supply safe at every level.

-Critically analyze a foodborne pathogen to assess the risk of its causing foodborne illness in a particular food item.
-Develop a written plan to reduce the risk of foodborne illness given a food item and its intended use.
-Effectively orally communicate the risk of a foodborne illness and outline mitigation strategies for a particular food item.